Randomly Burning Oil is Turbo blown?

[Gruff511]

So I've had this oil burning issue where Randomly every couple days the car will start POURING out while smoke that smells like burnt oil. It will smoke so bad the whole street will be filled with smoke. And at idle it'll smoke the worst And then when I start driving again and burn up all the oil in the cylinders all the smoke will go away and it wont happen again for another couple days. Then when I go to look at the turbo there is Oil around the turbo inlet on the compressor side. So Im thinking that the turbo is blown because the oil in the compressor housing.
I wouldnt think that anything in the head in leaking because the oil I find is only on the turbo inlet? I dont want to have to pull the head and valves out if it's a turbo issue.

 

[tay97gst]

Sounds like your turbo's gone. Check for shaft play side to side and in and out.

 

[Gruff511]

Sounds like your turbo's gone. Check for shaft play side to side and in and out.

Oh yeah forgot to mention that. There is barely any shaft play, it hardly moved in or out or side to side.

 

[PrimerPLus]

Same thin happened to my stock t25 was burning oil but no shaft play. Replaced my turbo with an evo3 16g and no blue smoke.

If your smoke coming out is white that's usually because you're burnin water/coolant.

 

[RayBan GST]

white smoke is water / coolant and not OIL

do a leakdown test and check if you have a blown head gasket ( hope not), can you tell us more about the car condition , what else is happening other than smoke? do you still have power?

 

[Gruff511]

white smoke is water / coolant and not OIL

do a leakdown test and check if you have a blown head gasket ( hope not), can you tell us more about the car condition , what else is happening other than smoke? do you still have power?

Yeah its kind of a blue-ish smoke and if smells like straight burnt oil. I will do a leakdown test tomorrow to see what that tells me. Its weird because it will just only start smoking Randomly but A LOT. But I still have all power the car runs the same as it did even when its smoking.

IF IT WAS the head gasket how would oil end up on the inlet of the turbo?

 

[Lil' Shaun]

I had a t25 and a 20g both do that. Replaced the t25 and had the 20g rebuilt. Fixed it in both cases

 

[Bud92gsx]

Coolant smells sweet coming from exhaust and oil kinda burns your nose.There also 2 different color smokes.

 

[Gruff511]

Im thinking its just the turbo then...But I never really got a good look at the smoke because its always happened at night while I was driving...It hasnt smoked at all for the past 3 days.

 

[Sansone]

Doesn't smoke from a blown turbo tend to be more white-ish in color?

 

[Gruff511]

Okay it Just started smoking again on me on the way home so I got out to look at it and its definitely blueish smoke and when I popped the hood there was even more oil on the compressor inlet than usual.
So when I get some time Ill put my other 16g chra and compressor side on and run that for a little. Ill probably rebuild this one. Ill keep posted if its the culprit.

 

[eatsleepboostin]

Check this out. So most people say it's the turbo but in my experience it wasn't. I had the same with my 99 GSX. Once the engine got to operation temp it would smoke, bad. Especially at idle. When on high way it wasn't noticeble. Did some reading and most people say replace the turbo. No side to side or up and down move. A little oil on the intake side. 110k mi. So I replace the turbo with a 16g turbo. Same issue. Found out it was bad valve seals. These dsm are known for bad valve seals. So if you haven't yet, check your seals. For mine, the exhaust manifold was off, you can see the valve all coated with oil. It was a $500 mistake. Hope this helps.

 

[XiKeiyaZI]

Instead of throwing possible fixes and money at it, perform a few checks.

1 : Compression Test - This will help test the condition of your rings and show the ability of the cylinders to retain the generated pressure in the cylinders. Compression Test + Leak down Test

2 : Leak Down Test - This will allow you to find weakness'/leaks in the cylinders including rings, valves, seals, etc. Same link as above.

3 : Check for Turbo shaft Play (as you have apparently done.)

4 : Ensure that there not a kink in your return line. This can cause pressure buildup in the turbo and force oil past the seals causing smoke - I've personally had this happen with a collapsed return line.

5 : Remove the turbo itself and inspect it for failed seals. You could also have JusMX here, part of the moderation staff, inspect it and diagnose the issue if it is turbo related.

Tossing money at problems usually results in wasted money.